icy contempt

Frequency: 3.01.8 per million words

disrespect that is very cold and unfriendly

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Examples (10)

  • She looked at him with icy contempt after he betrayed her trust.
  • His voice was laced with icy contempt as he read the verdict.
  • He regarded her flimsy excuse with nothing but icy contempt.
  • Despite her smile, her eyes betrayed a look of icy contempt.
  • The veteran politician dismissed the reporter's question with icy contempt.
  • A flicker of icy contempt crossed her face before she composed herself.
  • He felt the icy contempt in her stare, which was colder than any winter wind.
  • Their once-warm friendship had dissolved into a mutual and icy contempt.
  • She couldn't forget the way he had spoken to her, his words dripping with icy contempt.
  • The judge's final remark was delivered with an air of icy contempt for the defendant's lack of remorse.